unreal6 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Does anyone know of a good garage door installer or company they would recommend? i recently moved to a new (to me) house, and want to install lifts into the garage. The garage has a split internal roof height, so to allow full height access on both sides I need to get rid of the door tracks - so out with the standard sectional overhead door, and in with a roll up door seems the answer. Calgary has lots of options in the traditional spaces, sectional residential doors are all over, and commercial (read industrial looking and very expensive) roll up doors are also available. Not so much on residential roll ups however. I’ve been talking to a company in BC (www.smartgarage.ca) that has nice doors at affordable prices (and can deliver here), but they don’t have an installer in Calgary yet. I’ve contacted a few installers here, but in 3 weeks I haven’t been able to get someone to actually quote. The bigger companies (with their own door lines) will send someone over, but really only want to sell me one of their ugly commercial doors (at 3-4x the price). The smaller independent installers I’ve contacted so far are just plain flakey - does anyone bother to show up for an appointment anymore? If someone out there could recommend a reliable/experienced option I could follow up on, please post here or PM me. As an aside, I suspect this could lead to a great long term business opportunity for someone in the installer world looking to build a business backstopped by a unique door offering in this market. There’s got to be someone interested in that...? Quote Ian 65 T34 75 914 2.7-6 86 951 Link to comment
KMR 968 Turbo Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 My friend Max had his shop doors installed by a third party. Let me find out who he used Quote Link to comment
malcolm Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 (edited) hi Ian..........as you may recall I have a car lift in my garage and had to get rid of the traditional garage door opener and tracks. I went with a new 'torsion' bar opener from Glenmore Overhead Doors. It just so happened they have a guy outside the city who covers the rural towns. He came one morning and was done well before noon including helping pushing my S4 around...........great service and good price.........fully recommend them. http://www.glenmoredoors.ca/index.php Let me know if you need further details Edited June 24, 2018 by malcolm Quote '21 Macan GTS PDK Miami Blue/Black, 7k kms '93 928 GTS 5 speed Polar Silver/Linen, 192k kms '88 928 S4 A/T Black/Ivory, 190k kms '09 Cayenne GTS Tiptronic Nordic Gold/Black, +336k kms '88 928 S4 A/T Red/Champagne, 110k miles (US car) Link to comment
KMR 968 Turbo Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 My friend used a company called Doortech Quote Link to comment
unreal6 Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 Thanks guys! Quote Ian 65 T34 75 914 2.7-6 86 951 Link to comment
pimoyyc Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Ditto on the torsion bar opener. I had my regular openers replaced with these when I acquired my lift and they have worked great - basically pull the door almost all of the way up to the ceiling and remove the centre pull bar, so vehicle has clearance. As an added bonus, the new openers were the latest security protocol and allowed for remote control/status checking from my phone! P. Quote Link to comment
mrdunlop944 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Here is another option for a garage door installer. Dan is a very professional individual with a personal approach to the business. Let him know where you found this listing and he will take care of you. Quote 84 944 SOLD 85 944/1 85.5 944 Parts car Sold 86 944 SOLD 86 944 Turbo SOLD 88 944S parts car sold 88 924S Sold 88 944 Turbo S SOLD 89 944 Turbo 90 944S2 coupe Sold 90 944S2 coupe Parts car Sold 90 944S2 Cabrio SOLD Link to comment
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